V. S. Naipaul Quotes
And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over

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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
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I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes.
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The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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I don't know anything about music.
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My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.
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One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
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At its very best, the Western model speaks for itself. It's the model that put food on the table. It's the refrigerators. It put a man on the moon.
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I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you have to acknowledge that there's a huge fan base for it, and these people are really sweet. You can't stereotype a 'Star Wars' fan.
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A true champion will fight through anything.
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At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with American jazz. I love it.
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Your programming leads to your thoughts; your thoughts lead to your feelings; your feelings lead to your actions; your actions leads to your results. Therefore, just as is done with a personal computer, by changing your programming, you take the first essential step to changing your results.
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There is no death, each of us knows - it's banal to say. I'll leave it to others to explain.
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You shall hear a good account of me or of my death.
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The greatest privilege of a human life is to become a midwife to the awakening of the Soul in another person.
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And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over